Better than you Quote by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Was it Gorky who said: "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered in vain, indeed you have lived in…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Gorky called for the building of a monument to the young martyr, who, the writer said, had ‘understood that a relative by blood may…

— Orlando Figes

“I’ve got nothing but the greatest respect for Mrs. Gogol,” said Granny. “A fine woman. But talks a bit too much. If I was…

— Terry Pratchett

“LORD GORING: (after a long pause) Nobody is incapable of doing a foolish thing. Nobody is incapable of doing a wrong thing.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I was as foolish as I had ever been, no, even stupider, for the gullibility of a boy is fatuousness in a man.”

— Robin Hobb

“When my children were little, always I had to explain things. Now they don't ask much more, have I become more stupid?”

— Hannu Vilponen

“How come a boy can be so stupid, but a Daddy, who actually used to be a BOY himself, can be so wonderful?”

— Jillian Dodd

“Why does a man want his children to be better than himself?”

— Milton Mayer

“Having children was not like people said. Forget training them in your footsteps; the minute they put down the teething ring and found the…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Self-pity was for children and half-wits.”

— Joe Abercrombie

“a mother, don’t you want your children to be better than you are?”

— E.N. Joy

“Before a man can become great, he must look foolish to the crowd.”

— I-Ching